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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about military... in countries they're not supposed to be in Well you know any movie featuring the US military hurhur Actually Three Kings though.
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about military/law enforcement black ops: specifically military and or law enforcement operating in countries they're not supposed to be in/not allowed in. Assume you've seen it but Apocalypse Now fits the bill. There's also Spartan, but a lot of that is domestic.
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Jul 27, 2022 11:53
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NObodyNOWHERE posted:Zero Effect is about the world's best private investigator who is a train wreck in all other areas of his life. It's a comedy/drama/mystery, so maybe not what you're after. However, it is wonderful. Seconding this, Bill Pullman is channeling Nicholas Cage and Ben Stiller is fairly restrained, which works for him. As for me, I'm looking for any movie that has the eerie vibe of The Wailing, it's been one of my favorites in the past month and I just know there's others like it out there somewhere but how do you google that without getting results like "just watch True Detective" or somesuch Looking for small town murder mysteries, ghost stories, stuff like that but with the slow burn creeping dread The Wailing pulled off. Doesn't have to be Korean, a film with a decent dub is preferred but not a dealbreaker
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Jul 27, 2022 20:23
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Anyone know any good documentaries or movies about Native Americans? I watched Clearcut and that was great
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Jul 30, 2022 17:41
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I've got kind of a particular request: I'm looking for a movie set in the 1870s-1880s that depicts a sizeable old west town, preferably California. Like, something around fifty thousand people, a place that's already been built up after the peak of the Gold Rush has passed. A friend of mine's running a pen & paper game set in 1871 central California, so I'm watching Westerns to get myself in the mood, but Tombstone and Hill Valley just aren't very large towns. Any ideas? edit: Looking at population figures for Stockton, 50k is probably too high, and I should've said more like 10k-20k people. But still, some actual built-up Old West town/city, not just a half dozen dirt streets. Vavrek fucked around with this message at 06:12 on Jul 31, 2022 |
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Jul 31, 2022 06:01
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Dead Man has a portion that has a big town, but it's maybe only about twenty minutes of the movie. That's the only one I can think of that takes place in the west  edit: actually the town in Dead Man might be too small
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Jul 31, 2022 12:01
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Vavrek posted:I've got kind of a particular request: Did the Coen Bros True Grit have any larger town scenes? Or News Of The World? I feel like they might have.
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Jul 31, 2022 12:16
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Well, not exactly what you're looking for but it might be fun to check out some Bonanza episodes which prominently feature Virginia City, Nevada. It's 1860s but probably "close enough." It's a post-goldrush town of ~25,000 so it would probably inspire well. e: or Gunsmoke featuring Dodge City since that was 1870s, but that's Kansas so it might not quite fit what you want despite being a frontier town. But it's also probably close enough for your purposes. Either show will probably feature a large volume of settings which would be fun to pull from compared to a movie. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 19:12 on Jul 31, 2022 |
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Jul 31, 2022 19:04
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Cool, thanks for the recommendations. I'll check those out. Partly, this is me thinking "man, there's a lot of great westerns I've never seen." (I have seen almost no westerns.)
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Aug 1, 2022 00:49
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I've seen a moderate amount of westerns and I don't think I could name a single one that had a city in it to be fair
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Aug 1, 2022 02:07
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Does Walker count? That does
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Aug 1, 2022 02:12
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Vavrek posted:I've got kind of a particular request: I feel like this town isn't quite as built up as you'd like but hey it's an excuse to post one of the best shots in any Western ever. Also definitely an inspiration to one of the establishing shots in Back to the Future III. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdL__zuZvpA The aforementioned shot is about 4 minutes in. The movie is Once Upon A Time in the West.
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Aug 1, 2022 19:12
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TV show and not a movie but Deadwood is sort of explicitly about the building of a town like this. In real life the population of the town was upwards of 25k at the time the show was set, though it feels a bit smaller in the show. Been a minute since I saw the movie, but that's set a few decades later when the town is even more established. Would be kind of impenetrable without having seen the show though.
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Aug 1, 2022 19:36
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Maybe The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford? It has some scenes in more populated towns/areas and is set a little later than usual westerns so its a little more "built up", though I must warn you its a few scenes moreso than the whole movie It's a tough question because usually by the time towns are built up to a certian size they stop being good settings/locations for Western movies. edit: I'd second Deadwood as well, it's the closest I can think of what you want though this is an interesting question so ima keep looking! Kvlt! fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Aug 1, 2022 |
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Aug 1, 2022 20:05
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Basebf555 posted:I feel like this town isn't quite as built up as you'd like but hey it's an excuse to post one of the best shots in any Western ever. Also definitely an inspiration to one of the establishing shots in Back to the Future III. Another Leone, Duck You Sucker (A Fist Full of Dynamite) features fully built up cities, but they are in Mexico so the architecture and vibe is pretty different.
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Aug 1, 2022 20:40
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DeimosRising posted:Another Leone, Duck You Sucker (A Fist Full of Dynamite) features fully built up cities, but they are in Mexico so the architecture and vibe is pretty different. It's also set in the 1910s or so
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Aug 1, 2022 21:05
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Looking for movies about fighters/boxers/wrestlers that focus on redemption or comebacks Some of what I've enjoyed: -Southpaw -The Fighter -Jungleland -The Wrestler -Homeboy -Raging Bull -A Prayer Before Dawn and of course the Rocky movies. Foreign films are welcome but I'm not looking for Bruce Lee/Ip Man style choreographed martial arts, more slugfests
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Aug 3, 2022 18:24
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about fighters/boxers/wrestlers that focus on redemption or comebacks Check out the Undisputed series. The first one is decent but you can really start with Undisputed II where they cast Michael Jai White and Scott Adkins. The series has some great slugfests, and plenty of redemption and comebacks, although they're definitely more action focused compared to something like Rocky/The Fighter/The Wrestler.
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Aug 3, 2022 18:27
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Warrior is great. Just went back up on HBO Max.
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Aug 3, 2022 18:28
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about fighters/boxers/wrestlers that focus on redemption or comebacks I’ll second the Undisputed series, fun movies. https://boxd.it/tX36 Sarpatta Parambarai is one I liked a lot. Takes a while to get to the comeback part and the hero’s downfall is a little bit tedious but it’s otherwise fantastic. https://www.amazon.com/Sarpatta-Par...ps%2C157&sr=8-2
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about fighters/boxers/wrestlers that focus on redemption or comebacks Your mileage may vary but I enjoyed Cinderella Man, Bayou Caviar, Million Dollar Baby and Hands of Stone for a sci-fi version, Real Steel has boxing but with robots
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I just rewatched Stone Reader and am interested in watching more documentaries about people searching for things/people. Any recs appreciated, thank you!
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Aug 12, 2022 23:24
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Resurrect Dead might scratch your itch! It's about tracking down the mystery behind/source of some mysterious cryptic tiles that have popped up embedded in streets all over the world for decades.
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Aug 12, 2022 23:33
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oceanside posted:I just rewatched Stone Reader and am interested in watching more documentaries about people searching for things/people. Any recs appreciated, thank you! Lost Boys (2020) is a documentary about a person trying to find his friend and/or what happened to his friend in Cambodia. Really interesting, though heartbreaking, doc.
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Aug 12, 2022 23:45
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Try Loot and Searching for Sugar Man.
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I rewatched The Mummy (1999) the other day and I was wondering if you knew similar campy adventure-horrory movies. Pirates of the Caribbean and the indiana jones films are the only ones that I feel come close
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Aug 14, 2022 16:42
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Like... good ones? Rocketeer. The first half of Captain America 1. Perils of Gwendolyn. Operation Condor. Jungle Raiders. Several episodes of Young Indiana Jones (Attack of the Hawkmen, Phantom Train of Doom, Daredevils of the Desert, Treasure of the Peacock's Eye), maybe those animated French Tintin movies from the 70s, uh........ e: Here's a pretty comprehensive list but most of them are bad. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 17:14 on Aug 14, 2022 |
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Aug 14, 2022 17:08
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yeah preferably good ones  i'll check that list & imdb for some well regarded ones.
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Aug 14, 2022 17:12
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The National Treasure movies are a lot of fun.
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Aug 14, 2022 17:20
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Timby posted:The National Treasure movies are a lot of fun. ehhh I never felt like the threat in those movies was ever convincingly "real" if that makes sense. It felt a little too safe. I think part of the issue is also that those movies are set in present day USA, which is too comfortably familiar. double nine fucked around with this message at 17:28 on Aug 14, 2022 |
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Aug 14, 2022 17:25
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The Dead Snow movies, then. 
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Aug 14, 2022 17:54
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Yeah I can't get into the National Treasures or Jumanjis or whatever. Too cartoony. If you're interested in older stuff that's not as camp or self-aware, I made this list. But most of them are serials. If you wanna go down that route, Secret Service in Darkest Africa rules. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 17:56 on Aug 14, 2022 |
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Aug 14, 2022 17:54
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The last Lovecraft
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8 legged freaks
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double nine posted:I rewatched The Mummy (1999) the other day and I was wondering if you knew similar campy adventure-horrory movies. Pirates of the Caribbean and the indiana jones films are the only ones that I feel come close Romancing the Stone Sahara Hildago that CG Tin Tin movie was dope Jungle Cruise (don't laugh, i was as surprised as anyone!) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
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Kvlt! posted:Looking for movies about fighters/boxers/wrestlers that focus on redemption or comebacks Seconding Warrior (if you haven't watched it already as this post is three weeks old) and adding Hard Times (1975). It's Walter Hill's first movie and stars Charles Bronson as a bare-knuckle boxer in depression-era New Orleans and James Coburn as his gambling-addicted manager/promoter. The fights are great, very well choreographed for a movie of its vintage.
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Aug 21, 2022 18:29
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Movie set in a multi engine bomber; not Shadow in the Cloud.
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habituallyred posted:Movie set in a multi engine bomber; not Shadow in the Cloud. catch-22?
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Aug 22, 2022 07:44
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habituallyred posted:Movie set in a multi engine bomber; not Shadow in the Cloud. Memphis Belle.
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Spielberg directed an hourlong Amazing Stories episode with Kevin Costner and Kiefer Sutherland called The Mission that’s set entirely on a B-17 bomber. I remember it having an ending that, even as a small kid, was stupid as hell though
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